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Rhodes Crossroads, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Walterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29488. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walterboro quadrangle.

Rhodes Crossroads within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

540 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 540 fires within 5 miles of Rhodes Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,221 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 82 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined206
Debris and open burning197
Arson/incendiarism82
Equipment and vehicle use33
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionTHREE MILE ROAD
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rhodes Crossroads: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Consolidated PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Consolidated PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Jeter Sand Pit #3SandUnknownSedimentary
Pinkney MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Mine 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nettles MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Nettles MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walkerboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Colleton County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Stokes0.8 miles17
Pattillo (historical)3.5 miles16
Walterboro4.3 miles17
Hudsons Mill5.6 miles16
Ruffin6.4 miles18
Smyly6.5 miles18
Red Bank (historical)6.6 miles18
Drigger Crossroads7.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250357. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.